Windows 10: Apps no longer work after attempting to gain permission on the WINDOWSAPPS folder

Hi, I wanted to change something in the windows app folder but didnt have a premission, So I attempted to change it in the advanced security by being the owner as tou see in the picture, but sadly now nothing works at all. How can it be reversed or managed? thanks

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gaining access to apps in WindowsApps folder

I installed some apps and they were saved in C:\Program Files\WindowsApps. Now, I need to run these apps in another account which is a member of administrators. Although I was able to create shortcuts to the apps, I couldn't launch the apps. Attempts to launch the apps resulted in error messages saying I didn't have the permissions to access the items. I checked online and found that I could take the ownership of the folder WindowsApps. I don't want to do that. I believe there must be some other ways of accessing the folder because notepad.exe is also in the folder and I'm able to open .txt files without problems. So, how do I gain access to WindowsApps, or more importantly, to the apps I installed without changing ownership?

 

gaining access to apps in WindowsApps folder

You could boot Windows from a live boot disk. (Google/search if unsure what that is or how to create one - free). That gives you a familar Windows desktop environment. No permissions issues then apply as your installed Windows isn't running. Or you could boot to a command prompt if comfortable with that.. You can view the folder and its contents immediately using e.g. Wiztree (free)

 

Permission/Ownership Issues WindowsApps Folders...

I have been tearing what little hair I have left out of my head trying to copy a file from my desktop to the appropriate folder in the Kodi folder buried in the XBMC… folder in Windowsapps in a brand-new fairly high-end laptop running Windows 10 Pro. I cannot get beyond first what appears to be a UAC “Destination Folder Access Denied” error message saying “You’ll need to provide administrative permission to copy to this folder.” If I click on the UAC “continue” button I get another “Destination Folder Access Denied” error box saying “You need permission to perform this action.” The second error box has only “Try Again” and “Cancel” buttons. Nothing is listed under “More details” in either error box.

Here is most of what I have tried:

1. changing ownership of Windowsapps and all folders below it to my Microsoft account user and granting full-control permissions to Windowsapps and all folders below it;
2. changing ownership to administrators group for Windowsapps and all folders below it and granting full-control permissions to Windowsapps and all folders below it;
3. enabling the “hidden” administrator account, going back to my Microsoft user account and granting full-control rights to the administrator account, returning to the administrator account, taking control with that account, granting full control permission to Windowsapps and all folders below it;
4. creating a new administrator account and repeating 3;
5. completely disabling UAC through the registry, once in the default administrator account and once in my Microsoft account user.
6. adding and using the “Take Ownership” context option on a Windowsapps folder as described in the Tutorial at Add Take Ownership to Context Menu in Windows 10 ; and
7. running the following commands in an administrator command window:

Code:

as suggested at: Permission/Ownership Issues WindowsApps Folders... - Windows 10 Forums
In fact, even if I do an explicit copy from an administrator command window, I get an “access is denied” notice.

None of the many sources I have looked at online are of any help in dealing with this blockage. Please help — not only do I need to get full-control access to Windowsapps and its subfolders for this purpose, I also need to get full-control permission to Windowsapps folders in order to get rid of an annoying McAffee startup.exe which pops an error box on every boot up even though I removed McAffee in the normal way.

How can I get assured access to Windowsapps folders???